A Body at Work

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First  Read more

Home at last

Hamas has freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza and Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds at one of the hostage handover points. Read more

The Great not advised it was a target

Sydney’s The Great Synagogue’s chief minister, Rabbi Benjamin Elton, said authorities never informed him the synagogue was a potential target and he only learned of the development through the media. Read more

Frydenberg slams Albanese over antisemitic attacks

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of failing to set red lines not to be crossed after anti-Semitic attacks began ramping up in Australia. Read more

Australia’s reputation ‘shredded’ by antisemitic spate

Australia was once viewed as a multicultural melting pot, but a string of attacks against its Jewish community has cast doubt over this perception. Read more

Samson Is Israel

Shimshon ( Samson) is the great Jewish hero. The symbol of Jewish defiance and overcoming odds, throughout the ages. Read more

Ongoing evil

The late Elie Wiesel famously declared: “I thought in 1945 antisemitism died in Auschwitz but I was wrong. Its victims perished, antisemitism did not.” Read more

Jerusalem moves to replace UNRWA services as Israeli ban begins

An Israeli ban on the embattled United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees went into effect on Thursday, prohibiting the agency from operating within Israel and barring Israeli officials from cooperating with it. Read more

Reunited with their daughter

The family of Agam Berger have greeted her on her return to Israel. Read more

Companion

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Shabbat Bo

Negotiations   Read more

Israel preparing to receive eight hostages

Israel geared up to receive eight hostages on Thursday, with hospitals placed on standby and authorities preparing to release dozens of imprisoned Palestinian terrorists. Read more

Bomb caravan’s owner was accused of antisemitic attack

A caravan found with high-powered explosives inside has been linked to a woman who was already charged over an anti-Semitic incident. Read more

Leaders speak about antisemitism

Senior leaders have condemned the antisemitic incident involving a caravan full of explosives as an “attack on the Australian way of life”. Read more

Sydney commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

Holocaust survivors, their families, members of the Jewish community and dignitaries commemorated the 80^th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Read more

Plot fuels federal stoush over antisemitism response

The discovery of a caravan packed with explosives has renewed a parliamentary push for tougher action against those convicted of terrorist offences. Read more

Yet more antisemitic daubings in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs

As students prepare to start their school year at Mount Sinai College in Sydney, the building has been a target of yet another antisemitic attack. Read more

Owner of caravan in antisemitic plot in police custody

The owner of a caravan packed with explosives for a potential anti-Semitic terror plot is in custody, as the NSW premier defends police for keeping the thwarted scheme under wraps for 10 days. Read more

Anti-Jewish plot foiled as caravan of explosives found

A huge multi-agency operation is probing a potential terror act after a caravan full of explosives was found alongside a note with addresses of Jewish people. Read more

For my great-grandparents, for all Jews, for all humanity, I say never again

My father has a photograph of Albert Ransenberg taken in the yard of the railway station in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1942. It was secretly taken by a local policeman. Read more

80 years since liberation commemorated in Melbourne

 

The Auditorium of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM) was packed with Holocaust survivors, community leaders and other community members for the commemoration marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Read more

Hamas seeks swift return of displaced Palestinians to cement control of northern Gaza

Hamas is preparing to absorb 700,000 Gazans who left their homes in the north to create facts on the ground before the ceasefire approaches, sources in Gaza told The Press Service of Israel. Read more

NZ Pro-Palestine group on the hunt for members of the IDF

A hotline encouraging the public to report Israeli soldiers vacationing in New Zealand has been widely condemned as “hateful” and “antisemitic”. Read more

Antisemitism that led to Holocaust still rampant around the globe, threatens western civilization

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Holocaust survivor Marianne Miller addresses UN General Assembly

Marianne Miller, a well-known Holocaust survivor and educator, addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Monday to mark the annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Read more

Dayenu

Jewish LGBT+ group Dayenu will mark its 25^th year next week and invites the entire Jewish community to attend. Read more

Some hostages spent eight straight months in tunnels

Some of the seven hostages released from Gaza during the current ceasefire had been held in Hamas tunnels for eight consecutive months, deprived of daylight and human contact, an Israeli medical official revealed on Monday. Read more

Israeli female astronaut will go to space with NASA

Israel has reached an agreement with NASA to send the first Israeli woman astronaut into space, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Gila Gamliel said on Monday. Read more

Alleged neo-Nazis face court over Australia Day march

A group of men charged over a neo-Nazi rally has started appearing in court, including two men charged under tough new anti-Nazi laws. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Signora Rosina Tedeschi – Amazing woman and Italian tutor – extraordinaire – Part 1 Read more

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